Korean Job Discussion Forums

[jhai]

I was wondering if any of you might happen to know if you have to have a degree to work in Seoul or around the area. I'm not necessarily set on ESL and would just like to work in SK for awhile for the experience. I'm not worried about the pay rate or pay at all. But I figured you all seem pretty knowledgeable about SK and thought I would ask to see if anyone could help.

[chinook]

You need a degree to get a visa to work legally in Seoul if you want to teach English.

There are other kinds of visas, I don't know anything about their requirements.

[jhai]

[Areut]

[jhai]

[PeterDragon]

I've heard of people from other countries coming over here on factory visas or student visas. I'm not sure how a student visa works in relation to one's ability to work for pay, but a factory visa might do the trick. For these questions, you'd really want to call a Korean consulate. Are you in the U.S.? If so, I've heard the San Fransisco consulate is very user friendly for phone inquiries. Any final visa work would have to be done through your regional consulate. Not sure how the consular system works in other contries, but I'd imagine it's similar.

Another option (once again, for Americans) is DoD civilian military jobs, most of which are advertised online. DoD seems to be always hiring car salesmen for on-base sales, but I've heard thejob is straight comission only. I know a guy who does it in Seoul, seems to be getting by okay. You'd have base access but would live off base for most DoD positions. If you're from another English speaking country, couldn't hurt to looking into getting a temporary U.S. work visa for DoD. If you're searching for visas from two countires, it doubles your odds, I'd say.

[jhai]